Identifying Top Talent with Focused Assessments Introduction Hiring the right AWS data engineer can often feel like a daunting task. The stakes are high, and the margin for error is slim. In this competitive field, we need more than just a résumé filled with buzzwords. We need effective code screens that can identify candidates who […]
Python Performance: Issue 2 – Feature Envy Previous Issue Recap In the previous issue we discussed the differences between the “Clean Code” version of calculating the cumulative area of a collection of shapes and “the old fashioned way”. Robert Martin, aka “Uncle Bob”, advocates for a “clean” polymorphic approach to the problem, where each shape […]
Python Performance: Issue 1 – The Polymorphism Rule Welcome to Python Performance Welcome to the Python Performance blog series. In this series, I will be exploring various performance topics in Python, with the aim to create a list of heuristics to help developers write more performant Python code before they ever start thinking about reaching […]